Background

Mr. William J. White, Bill, is the Professor at the Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science at Northwestern University since January 1998. Mr. White also teaches at the Kellogg School of Management. He served as Chief Executive Officer of Bell & Howell Company from February 1990 to February 1997 and its President from February 1993 to February 1995. He served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Bell & Howell Operating Company from February ... 1990 to December 1997 and its President from February 1990 to February 1995. He founded Whitestar Graphics, Inc. (a printing and graphics company) and served as its President and Chief Executive Officer from January 1989 to January 1990, when it was acquired by the William Blair Leveraged Capital Fund. He served as Executive Vice President of USG Corporation, President and Chief Executive Officer of its largest subsidiary, United States Gypsum, from 1984 to 1989. Mr. White served as the President and Chief Operating Officer of Masonite Corporation from 1981 to 1984 (when it acquired by USG Corporation). Mr. White served as Board Observer of Polyera Corporation. He served as the Chairman of Whitestar Graphics Inc. since 1989. He served as the Chairman and Director of Bell & Howell Company from February 1993 to January 1998. Mr. White is the Director at Intermatic Incorporated since September 2006. He serves as a Director of ContextMedia Inc. He serves as a Director of NorthShore University HealthSystem, Packaging Dynamics Corporation. He serves as a Director of Polyera Corporation. He served as a Director of TJI Inc., ForestOne, and NextPart. He served as a Director of IVEX Packaging Corporation since December 1, 1997 and TJ International Inc. since 1994. He served as a Director of Reader's Digest Association Inc. since 1996. Mr. White served as a Director of USG Corp. from 1984 to 1989 and Voyager Learning Company (Formerly, ProQuest Co.) from February 1990 to September 20, 2004. He is a trustee of Northwestern University and has served on the boards of several organizations, including the Illinois Division of the American Cancer Society, Masonite Corporation, the Harris Bank, the Chicago Stock Exchange and the Field Museum in Chicago. He is also the author of "From Day One" and co-authored "Creative Collective Bargaining". In 2004, he was named one of two winners of Northwestern University Alumni Association's Award for Excellence in Teaching. In 2004, he received Northwestern Alumni Association's Teaching Excellence Award. He was named McCormick teacher of the year in 2001. Associated Student Government named him to the faculty Honor Role in 2002 and 2008. He is an Industrial Engineering graduate of Northwestern University. Mr. White is a graduate of Northwestern University and received an MBA degree from Harvard Business School.

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